Straight run
Subtitle: thirty-nine years driving a bus for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
By: Reba L. Gauer. Interview conducted by Laura McCreery in 2002. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: McCreery, Laura.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2003
Subjects: Gauer, Reba L., 1921-; Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.) -- History.; Key System Transit Lines (Calif.); San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.); Central Contra Costa Transit Authority.; Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History.; Bus drivers -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.; People with disabilities -- Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series.
Description: Childhood in Missouri and Arkansas; streetcar conductorette in Los Angeles; driving streetcars for Key System in Alameda County during World War II; change to driving buses; National City Lines purchase of Key System, 1946; and AC Transit purchase, 1960; changes to public transit with BART, 1972; women and minority employees for Key System; disability access on buses; mechanical and physical aspects of bus driver responsibilities; labor strikes and union relations; working for Contra Costa County Connection; safety issues and outstanding safety record at AC Transit.